Ultimately, the Coke employee and two others were charged and convicted in federal court here in Atlanta. On appeal, the lawyers for two of the defendants raised a number of arguments, including the argument that the sentences that the trial court imposed, both of which were above the applicable guideline range, were unreasonable. The Court of Appeals disagreed, however. According to the Court of Appeals, neither defendant was able to show that the sentence at issue was either procedurally or substantively unreasonable.